A group of Chinese-speaking pro-democracy activists sued search giant Baidu, demanding $16 million in damages for allegedly excluding their publications from search results. Their argument was simple: Baidu is infringing upon civil liberties with its...

Baidu has launched a heat map of where Chinese travelers are heading to, coming from, and which routes are most popular during Chinese New Year, the country's largest national holiday. It's a time when most Chinese either return home to their familie...

The price of bitcoin surged to $1,000 last month, but it dipped far below that mark just as quickly. Baidu, China's largest search engine, announced this week that it would no longer accept the digital currency as a form of payment, triggering a stee...

In a pinch and need cash? Your Bitcoin account may soon be able to save you. The world's first-ever Bitcoin ATM opened in Vancouver, Canada, on Tuesday, enabling Bitcoin owners to exchange the digital currency for cash, and vice versa. A total of 81 ...

Baidu, also known as the "Google of China," is now accepting Bitcoin payments for Jiasule, its anti-DDoS (distributed denial of service) and firewall security product. For Bitcoin, this partnership comes at a crucial time. After the feds busted the o...

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. And Baidu, a Chinese-language search engine, has taken the phrase to heart, producing Google Glass-like eyewear. "Baidu Eye," is the internal code name for a wearable device that features speech r...

Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. Today, we’re looking at three particularly interesting stories. Facebook Launches App Center for Android and iOS...

Baidu, the largest Chinese-language search engine, is said to be partnering with Microsoft in a search deal that would go into effect before the end of the year. Microsoft's Bing search engine, according to a report by The New York Times, will power ...

The Future of Search Series is supported by SES San Francisco Conference & Expo, the leading search, social and display conference. From August 15-19, get five days of education, inspiration and conversations with marketing experts across the digital...

Not only did Apple surpass Microsoft in market capitalization to become the second most valuable U.S. company in 2010, it also superseded Google to become the most valuable consumer-facing brand in the world, according to a study published by global ...

Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is visiting China, and one of his first stops was the Beijing headquarters of China's largest search engine Baidu. Photos of Zuckerberg in Baidu quickly appeared online, and Baidu's director of internationa...

The CEO of Baidu, one of China's largest and most powerful Internet companies, says 99% of China's online population uses its search engine, but he maintains the company isn't anti-competitive. Baidu, China's largest search engine, doubled in value s...

China's 400 million or so Internet users will soon be able to enjoy a new online video service. Baidu, the country's top search provider, has announced plans to create a new video-on-demand website. With the domain name Qiyi.com registered, Providenc...

TV pirates rejoice: Chinese search giant Baidu and Hulu investors Providence Equity Partners are teaming up to launch a new web video site in China. Baidu controls more than 60 percent of China's search engine market, and like Google, it offers dozen...

Czech search engine, Seznam is on the block for $1 billion, according to reports, and Google may be in the hunt for that country's most popular search engine. And while it wouldn't surprise me if Google did acquire Seznam to shore up its internation...

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